DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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der or half-hardy kinds should be sown as directed for half-hardy annuals. As they do not generally bloom the 

 first year, they may be thinned out or removed from the seed bed as soon as they are well rooted, and planted 

 either in dinerent parts of the garden, or into nurserj- beds, in rows a foot apart. The half-hardy or tender bienni- 

 als must be kept during winter in a green house or dr>- cellar, and tender perennials must be protected from frost 

 by a cloth or mat being fastened or tied around them, and covered afterwards with leaves or litter. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS FOR SOWING are printed on the different seed packages : still, to render success 

 raore certain, a careful observance of the above directions, which are based on the practical exj)erience of growers. 

 will be found of great benefit to inexperienced florists. 



HOT-BED CULTURE. — Many varieties of flowers can scarcely be brought to perfection without the assist- 

 ance of hot-bed or cold-frame, and much care is often necessarj- in transplanting, sheltering, and pricking out tke 

 voung plants. It is a work that requires much experience, and no doubt many disappointments will naturally 

 oc-cur. Still, a hot-bed is a necessity, without the aid of which many of our choicest and most beautiful flowers 

 cannot be successfully grown. Experience is a rapid teacher, and the lover of flowers is an apt scholar. 



Pian.-ng- in Frame where little Air is griven. 



Seedling-s under Glass Bell, tilted 

 with Pot Hook. 



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